Hospitalized psychiatric and medical patients and the clergy
Earlier research suggested that persons in a community with significant psychiatric disorders seek relief from their clergy as often as from trained mental-health professionals. In this research, contacts with clergy about current hospitalization by matched samples of inpatient psychiatric (N=51) an...
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Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
Idioma: | Inglês |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[1996]
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Journal of religion and health
Ano: 1996, Volume: 35, Número: 1, Páginas: 11-19 |
Outras palavras-chave: | B
Early Research
B Psychiatric Disorder B Structure Interview B Medical Patient B Psychiatric Patient |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
Resumo: | Earlier research suggested that persons in a community with significant psychiatric disorders seek relief from their clergy as often as from trained mental-health professionals. In this research, contacts with clergy about current hospitalization by matched samples of inpatient psychiatric (N=51) and medical/surgical (N=50) patients were compared, as were responses to structured interviews about the importance of religion, religious affiliation, and participation, spiritual needs, and spiritual well-being. The findings suggest that the two groups were similar in demographics, the degree to which religion was a source of strength and comfort in their lives, and percentages reporting as having a clergy person; the group of hospitalized psychiatric patients was significantly less likely, however, than the sample of medical/surgical patients to have discussed their current hospitalization with their clergy persons. Possible causes for this difference as well as areas of further research are discussed. |
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ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF02354941 |